set_color

Purpose:

Set the color of a variable (REAL, LOGICAL, INTEGER, STRING, or array).

Enter:

set_color <variable_label> <color>

or

set_color <variable_label> “<computed expression>”

or

set_color <filename>

or

set_color   <   stdin_file

Where:

variable_label	Specify the label of the variable for which to set the color.
color	Specify the color value to which the variable is set. Options: BLINK INVERSE NORMAL BLUE GREEN CYAN RED MAGENTA YELLOW WHITE BLACK BLINK_BLUE BLINK_GREEN BLINK_CYAN BLINK_RED BLINK_MAGENTA BLINK_YELLOW BLINK_BLACK
computed_expression	Specify any if/then/else construct for determining color.
filename	Specify a text file containing an indefinite number of lines, each containing a label, color pair of entries. All the options for ‘color’ described above are supported in the file entries. This form, where the argument is NOT a redirected stdin, may contain #comment lines, blank lines, etc., similar to a normal CyFlex spec file.
stdin_file	Specify a text file containing an indefinite number of lines, each containing a label, color pair of entries. All the options for ‘color’ described above are supported in the file entries. When the input file is stdin_file, #comment lines and blank lines are not ignored and will produce an error.

Example:

set_color engine_hours  RED
The above command sets the engine_hours display status to RED

set_color xflg “if( engine_hours > 1000[hr] ) then BLINK_RED else GREEN”
The above command sets the display status of xflg to BLINK_RED if the engine_hours variable is > 1000[hr].  The xflg display status will be set to GREEN if the engine_hours variable is <= 1000[hr]

set_color /specs/var_colors

Contents of /specs/var_colors:
    engine_hours BLUE
    xflg  CYAN

The above command sets the display status of the engine_hours variable to BLUE and the display status of the xflg variable to CYAN

set_color  < stdin_filename
The above command will read the stdin_filename and change the color of the variables specified within the file

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